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It's a legal way to baksheesh them! Nicolas Sarkozy then a random french president got payed over 200000 euros to give a 15mn speech at a Qatar based event. Qat
by lx0741 10y ago
It's a legal way to baksheesh them! Nicolas Sarkozy then a random french president got payed over 200000 euros to give a 15mn speech at a Qatar based event. Qatar did really well in Business with the french since then. That's how it works!
- thomasahle 10y agoWell this is exactly what fta is about. People also give this kind of money to famous non politicians.
- lx0741 10y agoMaybe because they influence the people who vote
- coldtea 10y ago>Well this is exactly what fta is about No, tfa explicitly downplays this. >People also give this kind of money to famous non politicians. Only famous non-politicians have interesting and specific things to say (e.g. someone like Malcom Gladwell, etc). Few care what a politician has to say, after all they hear what they have to say all the time, in interviews, public statements, campaign speeches, etc.
- crdoconnor 10y ago>Only famous non-politicians have interesting and specific things to say (e.g. someone like Malcom Gladwell, etc) Malcolm Gladwell is paid to be a presentable face for the tobacco, banking and pharma industries: http://shameproject.com/profile/malcolm-gladwell-2/ http://shameproject.com/profile/malcolm-gladwell-2/
- coldtea 10y agoAND also sells millions of books to people who just want to read what he says.